Brit Award for International Group

The Brit Award for International Group was an award given by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), an organisation which represents record companies and artists in the United Kingdom.[1] The accolade is presented at the Brit Awards, an annual celebration of British and international music.[2] The winners and nominees are determined by the Brit Awards voting academy with over one-thousand members, which comprise record labels, publishers, managers, agents, media, and previous winners and nominees.[3] The award was defunct after the 2019 Brit Awards.[4]

Brit Award for International Group
2019 Winner Beyoncé and Jay-Z (as The Carters)
Awarded for	Achievement in Excellent International Group
Country	United Kingdom (UK)
Presented by	British Phonographic Industry (BPI)
First awarded	1986
Last awarded	2019
Currently held by	The Carters (2019)
Most awards	U2 (5)
Most nominations	U2 (11)
Website	www.brits.co.uk

Although the award was first presented in 1986 as International Group, a Best International Artist award (featuring groups and solo artists as nominees) was presented in 1983 and won by American group Kid Creole and the Coconuts. The award was not handed out in 2010 but was reinstated in 2011. International Group has been won by U2 the most times, with five wins. Overall, artists from United States have received the most awards, with 20 wins.

Winners and nominees

Inaugural winner Huey Lewis and the News

Three-time winner R.E.M.

Four-time winner Foo Fighters

Five-time winner U2

1987 winner The Bangles

1996 winner Bon Jovi

1999 winner The Corrs

2002 winner Destiny's Child

2005 winner Scissor Sisters

2006 winner Green Day

2007 winner The Killers

2014 winner Daft Punk

2017 winner A Tribe Called Quest

Year	Recipient	Nominee
1986	Huey Lewis and the News	The Cars Kool & the Gang Talking Heads ZZ Top
1987	The Bangles	A-ha Bon Jovi Cameo Huey Lewis and the News
1988	U2	Bon Jovi Fleetwood Mac Heart Los Lobos
1989	U2	Bon Jovi Fleetwood Mac INXS Womack & Womack
1990	U2	Bon Jovi De La Soul Guns N' Roses Gipsy Kings Milli Vanilli
1991	INXS	The B-52's De La Soul Faith No More Roxette
1992	R.E.M.	Extreme Guns N' Roses INXS U2
1993	R.E.M.	Crowded House En Vogue Nirvana U2
1994	Crowded House	Nirvana Pearl Jam Spin Doctors U2
1995	R.E.M.	Counting Crows The Cranberries Crash Test Dummies Neil Young & Crazy Horse
1996	Bon Jovi	Foo Fighters Garbage Green Day TLC
1997	Fugees	Boyzone The Presidents of the United States of America R.E.M. The Smashing Pumpkins
1998	U2	Daft Punk Eels Hanson No Doubt
1999	The Corrs	Air Beastie Boys Fun Lovin' Criminals R.E.M.
2000	TLC	Beastie Boys The Cardigans Mercury Rev Red Hot Chili Peppers
2001	U2	The Corrs Santana Savage Garden Westlife
2002	Destiny's Child	Daft Punk Limp Bizkit R.E.M. The Strokes
2003	Red Hot Chili Peppers	Foo Fighters Nickelback Röyksopp The White Stripes
2004	The White Stripes	The Black Eyed Peas Kings of Leon Outkast The Strokes
2005	Scissor Sisters	Green Day Maroon 5 Outkast U2
2006	Green Day	Arcade Fire The Black Eyed Peas U2 The White Stripes
2007	The Killers	The Flaming Lips Gnarls Barkley Red Hot Chili Peppers Scissor Sisters
2008	Foo Fighters	Arcade Fire Eagles Kings of Leon The White Stripes
2009	Kings of Leon	AC/DC Fleet Foxes The Killers MGMT
2010	Not Awarded
2011	Arcade Fire	The Black Eyed Peas Kings of Leon The Script Vampire Weekend
2012	Foo Fighters	Fleet Foxes Jay-Z & Kanye West Lady Antebellum Maroon 5
2013	The Black Keys	Alabama Shakes Fun The Killers The Script
2014	Daft Punk	Arcade Fire Haim Kings of Leon Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
2015	Foo Fighters	5 Seconds of Summer The Black Keys First Aid Kit The War on Drugs
2016	Tame Impala	Alabama Shakes Eagles of Death Metal Major Lazer U2
2017	A Tribe Called Quest	Drake & Future Kings of Leon Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Twenty One Pilots
2018	Foo Fighters	Arcade Fire Haim The Killers LCD Soundsystem
2019	The Carters	Brockhampton Chic First Aid Kit Twenty One Pilots

Multiple nominations and awards

Artists that received multiple nominations Nominations Artist 11 U2 6 Foo Fighters Kings of Leon R.E.M. 5 Arcade Fire Bon Jovi 4 The Killers The White Stripes 3 The Black Eyed Peas Daft Punk Green Day INXS Red Hot Chili Peppers 2 Alabama Shakes Beastie Boys The Black Keys The Corrs Crowded House De La Soul First Aid Kit Fleet Foxes Fleetwood Mac Guns N' Roses Haim Huey Lewis and the News Maroon 5 Nirvana Outkast Scissor Sisters The Script The Strokes TLC Twenty One Pilots

Artists that received multiple awards Awards Artist 5 U2 4 Foo Fighters 3 R.E.M.

Notes

• Scissor Sisters (2005) Also Win Brit Award for International Breakthrough Act
• Scissor Sisters (2005), Green Day (2006), The Killers (2007), Foo Fighters (2008), Kings of Leon (2009), Arcade Fire (2011) Also Win Brit Award for International Album

References

1. "About the BPI". British Phonographic Industry (BPI). Retrieved 22 February 2014.
2. "BRIT Awards". British Phonographic Industry (BPI). Retrieved 22 February 2014.
3. "And the nominees are..." Brits.co.uk. British Phonographic Industry (BPI). Retrieved 22 February 2014.
4. Grein, Paul (5 November 2019). "U.K.'s BRIT Awards Cut Categories, Eliminate Fan Voting, Give Artists More Control Of Performances". Billboard. Retrieved 16 December 2019.